Corey Lewandowski to join CNN

[47of74]

Source: Politico

Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.

It's a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately.

Trump fired Lewandowski on Monday, ending the tenure of the fiery operative who faced a steady string of controversies while guiding Trump's skeleton campaign operation to a shocking victory in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. That same afternoon, his first in-studio interview was with CNN's Dana Bash (an NBC News reporter caught up with him outside of Lewandowski's apartment as he headed down to the studio).

Following his interview with Bash on Monday, Lewandowski went straight from the set and into a long meeting in the office of CNN executive Barbara Levin, Vice President of Communications for CNN, according to a source who witnessed Lewandowski enter the meeting.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/06/corey-lewandowski-to-join-cnn-224733

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Dear CNN,

[onehandle]

1. CNN is still a thing? nt

[chapdrum]

2. Cynical News Network.

Complicit News Network.

Dear CNN: Like your hero (the previous "vice president&quot said: Go f*ck yourselves.

[hopeforchange2008]

3. How disgusting.

[Hekate]

4. Ew

[liberalnarb]

5. Conservative News Network

[deminks]

6. Certainly Not News.

There is a reason I never watch them.

[hamsterjill]

7. As a Trump surrogate?????

Sheesh, he was doing that before he was fired, and he was doing that on CNN the day he was fired, so what else could Lewandowski possibly have to comment about?

[geek tragedy]

8. will he replace Jeffery Lord? nt

[underpants]

21. No, he and Lord can be on every show 24/7

[elljay]

9. The Peter Principle is busted

You're only supposed to rise to the level of your incompetence. Lewandowski seems to exceed his incompetence with regularity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

[corkhead]

10. what's he going to do for work on November 9th?

[ReRe]

35. If Trump wins...

... he'll be Press Secretary. If Clinton wins, he'll bop on over to FOX.
Really. Can anyone actually trust that SOB?

[floriduck]

11. That makes complete sense since they are wall-to-wall Trump anyway.

Major media in this country will never see the days of Walter Cronkite or Edward R Murrow again. It's just another form of entertainment now.

[47of74]

14. I remember reading not too long ago...

...there was a person that wanted to do journalism when she went in to college, but by the time she had graduated she had seen how much to shit the news media had gone over the years and wanted nothing to do with the profession.

[floriduck]

16. That was a wise conclusion. Thanks.

[Scientific]

12. Disgusting, Inc. And CNN pretends to be "news"

So-called 'journalism' continues its spiraling swirl down the corporate toilet.

[bluestateguy]

13. makes sense

manhandle a young female reporter, get fired for incompetence, and then get paid to spew nonsense on CNN.

[turbinetree]

15. Now how many right wing stations are there now------------------8

And CNN can now call themselves officially


Clown Network News---------------with Cory Lewandowski

[IronLionZion]

17. Fox News didn't want him?

[Yavin4]

22. That speaks volumes. n/t

[hibbing]

18. My advice to any potential political commentator..

Use the word "pivot" and "optics" and you will do fine. If I was a drinking man I would play a drinking game in which you could go from corporate media to corporate media channel political commentary and every time you hear someone say either of these words, you drink. You would be wasted in a half hour.


Peace

[Blue_Adept]

19. That means he's basically an embedded player on CNN for Trump

[bucolic_frolic]

25. Was that the plan all along?

One does wonder who's p(l)aying who.

How objective could one be 7 days removed from a partisan job?

Sort of like Congressman to Wall Street retirees

[yellowcanine]

20. Highly unethical. Should have waited until after the election.

In my opinion.

[NurseJackie]

23. I'll tune in to CNN only to see coverage of MAJOR breaking news ...

... like an earthquake, or tidal wave, or volcano. When it comes to their political news (or maybe that should be political "news&quot it's absolutely horrid.

Especially Wolf Blitzer, obviously.

[47of74]

28. I wouldn't even do that.

I'd go to some international source first.

[rexcat]

31. And you get exhaustive coverage...

when an airplane goes down!

[Ash_F]

24. This guy hurt a reporter. He should be a pariah.

[OnDoutside]

26. He'll be as biased for Trump as Rick Wiley is as biased for Cruz. Jokeland.

[deurbano]

27. Charles Pierce responds...

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a46130/corey-lewandowski-cnn/

<<BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
JUN 23, 2016

You got me, Tiger Beat On The Potomac. I give up. On journalism, on democracy, on America, on the Enlightenment, on homo sapiens, on God and his infinite grace, and on absolutely fcking every damn thing there is:

Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. It's a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately.

WANTED: HUMAN CLICKBAIT. INQUIRE WITHIN.>>

[underpants]

29. Wolf: Corey, welcome to CNN. Can you offer us some keen insights into leading a national campaign?

Corey: Well all the decisions were made in flippantly in the middle of the night. We openly incited the lowest of the low. I assaulted a journalist. We relied heavily on phone-in interviews that you agreed to. We didn't raise money or create an actual came sign. And then I got fired by the boss's kids.

Wolf: Thank you for those insights. Now tell us what should the voters find most compelling about Donald Trump?

[Else You Are Mad]

30. So, his being 'fired' was just an attempt to have Trump seem like a strong leader.

I wouldn't doubt if he put in his resignation months ago after he negotiated his contract with CNN & him falling on his sword to make it seem like he was fired was just for show to benefit his ex-boss to make him seem like he has a firm control over his campaign and is a strong and prudent leader -- and now he can spew as much pro-trump lies as possible with his new pulpit.

All of these MSM channels are disgusting.

[Night Watchman]

32. Wanna be a "journalist"? Throw a woman to the ground!

Hey CNN, I hear the "affluenza" brat will be available soon!

[davidthegnome]

33. Pretty damned disgusting.

Not surprising, though. I guess when you're already almost universally despised, there is no low you won't stoop to.

[rockfordfile]

34. CNN now supports anything that the pos has done and comes out of his mouth